ODAC Volleyball Tournament News Archive

Fourth-seeded Randolph-Macon College is back atop the ODAC women's volleyball podium as the Yellow Jackets battled through three tough sets to defeat second-seeded Averett University, 3-0 (26-24, 25-21, 26-24), in Danville on Sunday afternoon. The victory for Randolph-Macon (23-6) marks its seventh overall ODAC volleyball title and first since hoisting the last of three straight trophies in 2017. While the Yellow Jackets have now made 13 appearances in the final league match of the season, this was the first championship experience for Averett (20-11) since the Cougars joined the ODAC in July as the conference's 15th full-time member.

The road to the 2022 Old Dominion Athletic Conference volleyball championship will go through Averett University. The second-seeded Cougars battled back to take down No. 3 seed Washington and Lee University 3-1 in Friday's ODAC Tournament semifinals in the Grant Center.

The Randolph-Macon women's volleyball team looked strong in a Friday night affair, as Head Coach Bill Roger's side cruised to a 3-0 win over Roanoke in the Semifinals of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament.

The top-seeded Washington and Lee volleyball team won the final five points of the match to sweep third-seeded Virginia Wesleyan, 3-0, and win the 2021 ODAC Championship on Sunday in Holekamp Gym.

Virginia Wesleyan University won the third set, 31-29, as part of the fuel behind a comeback from two sets down on the way to a 3-2 victory at Randolph-Macon in the semifinals of the ODAC Volleyball Tournament.

Senior outside hitter Val Sokolow (Draper, Utah/Juan Diego Catholic) and sophomore outside hitter Sydney Heifner (Nashville, Tenn./Harpeth Hall) combined for 29 kills and 23 digs to propel the top-seeded Washington and Lee volleyball team to a 3-0 victory over fourth-seeded Bridgewater on Friday in the ODAC Tournament semifinals at Holekamp Gym.

Behind a combined 25 kills from senior outside hitters Leah Green (Longwood, Fla. / Lake Highland Preparatory School) and Brynne Gould (Boone, N.C./Watauga), the 22nd-ranked and top-seeded Washington and Lee volleyball team defeated sixth-seeded Randolph-Macon, 3-0, to claim the 17th ODAC Championship in program history on Saturday evening at Holekamp Gym.

The first spring ODAC volleyball season enters its postseason week with the return of a familiar school headlining the championship field with 16-time ODAC champion Washington and Lee University perched atop the eight team bracket. The Generals completed their regular season slate at 13-0 overall and 11-0 in conference play to earn top-billing in the ODAC Tournament.

Virginia Wesleyan made the most of its second appearance in an ODAC volleyball championship match as the Marlins won an outstanding battle at the net with Randolph-Macon, 3-1, to hoist their first conference trophy in program history. With the win, VWU earns the ODAC's automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament.

The second-seeded Virginia Wesleyan University volleyball team dropped #3 Guilford, 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-14), Friday evening in the semifinal of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championship. With the victory, the Marlins improve to 27-7 on the year. The team will now square off against top-seeded Randolph-Macon in the Final which will take place at 3 p.m. on Saturday in Ashland, Va.

Senior Miranda Hall (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) had 14 kills, one of three Yellow Jackets in double-figures, as the top-seeded Randolph-Macon women's volleyball team outlasted fifth-seeded Washington and Lee 3-1 in the semifinals of the 2019 ODAC Championship.

Second-seeded Washington and Lee University and top-seeded Randolph-Macon College traded jabs in the ODAC Volleyball Tournament championship match on Saturday afternoon in Ashland as each team won a set before a 15-8 result in the decisive fifth frame saw the Generals' captains lift the conference trophy.

Senior outside hitter Meg Guignon (St. Louis, Mo./Visitation Academy) totaled 14 kills and 17 digs to lead the second-seeded Washington and Lee volleyball team to a 3-0 sweep of third-seeded Bridgewater in the ODAC Tournament semifinals on Friday in a neutral-site match at top-seeded Randolph-Macon.

Top-seeded Randolph-Macon is headed back to the ODAC title match as the Yellow Jackets hit .305 on the way to a 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-21) victory over fourth-seeded Virginia Wesleyan in the conference tournament semifinals. R-MC will square off with second-seeded Washington and Lee at 2:00 p.m. ET on Saturday.

For the second time this season, it took five sets to decide a winner between Randolph-Macon College and Washington and Lee University. Saturday's affair happened to be for a piece of hardware as the Yellow Jackets lifted their third straight and sixth overall ODAC volleyball trophy with a 3-2 victory over the Generals in Ashland.

Second-seeded Washington and Lee University punched its ticket to the ODAC title match with a 3-1 (25-20, 19-25, 25-13, 25-21) victory over third-seeded Virginia Wesleyan University in the semifinals of the ODAC Volleyball Tournament on Friday night in Crenshaw Gymnasium on the campus of Randolph-Macon College.

Top-seeded Randolph-Macon College moved one step closer to capturing its third straight ODAC title with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-22) victory over fifth-seeded Lynchburg College in the semifinals of the ODAC Volleyball Tournament on Friday evening at Crenshaw Gymnasium in Ashland.

Randolph-Macon continued its strong play against ODAC opponents on Saturday afternoon, completing a straight-sets run thru the conference tournament that included a 3-0 victory over Washington and Lee for the ODAC title in Ashland. The championship is the fifth overall and second straight for the Yellow Jackets.

Randolph-Macon College ran thru the conference regular season unbeaten for the second straight year, dropping just five sets on the way to securing the top seed in next week's ODAC Volleyball Tournament. The Yellow Jackets will be one of four teams to host quarterfinal matches slated for Wednesday.

Senior Courtney Lowers (Suffolk, Va. / Nansemond River) recorded 26 kills as the Randolph-Macon women's volleyball team defeated Roanoke 3-0 Saturday morning to advance to the 2015 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Volleyball Championship match.

No. 2 Virginia Wesleyan College is heading to its first-ever Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championship with a 25-13, 25-21, 25-21 victory over No. 3 Washington and Lee University on Saturday afternoon.

Senior Courtney Lowers (Suffolk, Va. / Nansemond River) recorded a double-double with 27 kills and 17 digs as the top-seeded Randolph-Macon women's volleyball team claimed the 2015 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Volleyball Championship Saturday evening with a 3-1 victory against No.2 Virginia Wesleyan.

The Lynchburg College volleyball team pulled off the upset Saturday morning in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference semi-finals against Randolph-Macon College with a final score of 3-1 (25-22, 25-22, 21-25, 25-21) to move on to the championship.

The third-seeded Washington and Lee volleyball team trailed 9-7 in the fifth, but won eight of 11 points to win the set, 15-12, and earn a 3-2 victory over second-seeded Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday at Randolph-Macon in the semifinals of the ODAC Tournament.

The Washington and Lee volleyball team won its third straight ODAC title and the 15th in program history, as it defeated Lynchburg on Saturday, 3-1, in the championship match hosted by Randolph-Macon.

Behind 15 kills from senior outside hitter M.A. Boles (Houston, Texas/St. John's) and 14 kills from first-year middle blocker Mackenzie Shand (Saline, Mich./Saline), the top-seeded Washington and Lee volleyball team earned a 3-1 victory over fifth-seeded Roanoke, 3-1, on Saturday in the ODAC semifinals at the Warner Center.

The #3-seeded Lynchburg College volleyball team defeated the #7 seed, Bridgewater College in five sets 25-18, 25-22, 10-25, 19-25, 15-8 Saturday afternoon to advance to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championship match.

Washington and Lee University bested Lynchburg College, 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-22), on Saturday afternoon in Lexington, securing the Generals' second straight and ODAC record 14th conference volleyball title. W&L also earned the ODAC's automatic qualification into the NCAA Division III Volleyball Tournament.

After a three-year hiatus, the Washington and Lee volleyball team is once again the ODAC Champions. The second-seeded Generals defeated fourth-seeded Lynchburg, 3-1, in the ODAC Tournament Championship on Saturday at Randolph-Macon to claim the title. W&L earns the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament, which is set to begin opening round play next week.

The Lynchburg College volleyball team advanced to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championship game after defeating top-seeded Randolph-Macon College, 3-1, early Saturday. LC won 25-21, 25-22, 21-25, 25-23 in a very close match, and it gave the team its highest win total since 1981.

In the semifinals of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament hosted by Randolph-Macon College, the second-seeded Washington and Lee volleyball team defeated third-seeded Bridgewater College, 3-0, on Saturday. The win advanced W&L to the championship match where it will face fourth-seeded Lynchburg College who upset top-seeded Randolph-Macon, 3-1, in the other semifinal.

Behind 21 kills from Mallory Carter, the Randolph-Macon volleyball team captured its third consecutive ODAC Championship with a 3-1 victory over Washington & Lee. R-MC is now 23-5 overall and will take part in the 2011 NCAA Tournament beginning next Friday at a time and location to be announced Monday morning at 11:00 a.m. on NCAA.com.

The top-seeded Washington and Lee volleyball team received a career-high 25 kills from sophomore outside hitter M.A. Boles (Houston, Texas/St. John's) en route to a 3-2 vin over fourth-seeded Virginia Wesleyan in the semifinal round of the ODAC Championship at the Warner Center on Saturday afternoon.

Randolph-Macon twice fell a game behind Lynchburg in the second semifinal of the ODAC Volleyball Tournament, but the Yellow Jackets clawed back to pull out a 3-2 victory (15-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-17, 15-8) in Lexington on Saturday. Second-seeded R-MC moves on to face host and top seed, Washington and Lee, in the conference title game at 5:00 p.m.

The Randolph-Macon Volleyball team secured its second consecutive Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championship with a 3-2 victory over top-seeded Washington and Lee Saturday afternoon in Roanoke.

Third-seeded Virginia Wesleyan College rallied for a 25-18, 17-25, 22-25, 25-12, 15-9 victory over number-six Guilford College Friday night in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinal. The Marlins (22-9) advance to the tournament semifinals to play second-seeded Randolph-Macon College, which defeated Bridgewater College, 3-0. Guilford concludes its best volleyball season since 1995 with a 16-13 overall record.

The Lynchburg College volleyball team defeated Roanoke College in the quarterfinals of the ODAC on Friday night (27-29, 25-9, 23-25, 25-18, 15-6) in a five-set thriller. Lynchburg will now move on to the semifinal matchup on Saturday against the first-seeded Washington and Lee, which defeated Emory & Henry 3-0 earlier in the day.

Randolph-Macon won its first ODAC volleyball championship on Saturday afternoon, upholding its billing as the No. 1 seed with a 3-1 win over seventh-seeded Roanoke. The Yellow Jackets earn the ODAC's automatic qualifier into the NCAA Division III Tournament.

For the second straight year, the ODAC Volleyball Tournament championship match will feature the No. 1 and No. 7 seeded teams. Randolph-Macon continued to live up to its top billing with a straight sets win over Bridgewater. Roanoke kept its upset run in motion with a 3-1 over Lynchburg. Audio will be available for the championship match (see link to the right).

Three of the top four seeds advanced in the ODAC Volleyball Tournament on Friday afternoon, with the lone upset shaking up the tourney field. Randolph-Macon (#1), Lynchburg (#3) and Bridgewater (#4) were joined by Roanoke (#7) after the Maroons ousted Washington and Lee (#2) from the tourney.